Ibrahim Bare Mainassara

Ibrahim Bare Mainassara (9 May 1949-9 April 1999) was President of Niger from 27 January 1996 to 9 April 1999, succeeding Mahamane Ousmane and preceding Daouda Malam Wanke.

Biography
Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was born on 9 May 1949 in Dogondoutchi, Niger, French West Africa. Mainassara formerly served as Ambassador to Algeria, and from 1970 to 1996 he served as a Colonel of the Nigerien Army. On 27 January 1996 he led a military coup against President Mahamane Ousmane after a series of political crises, justifying his coup as a response to these events. Mainassara cancelled election results in 1999 when the opposition won more votes than him, so Daouda Malam Wanke launched a military coup against Mainassara. On 9 April 1999 he was shot to death by Nigerien Presidential Guard troops as he was about to board a helicopter to leave the country.